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2015 La Grande Rue, Grand Cru, Domaine François Lamarche, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
William Kelley
93/100
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2015 La Grande Rue, Grand Cru, Domaine François Lamarche, Burgundy

Description

This is bright, full purple, with magical detail in the bouquet. The intensity is clearly there, albeit restrained. The wine is backward but nonetheless indicates a sensation of multi-layered detail beneath the pure red fruit background. There are subtleties of texture here too. The wine is currently showing its oak but that will integrate easily enough. The wine has attractive points of acidity, rather than tannin, to complete the balance. Drink 2025-2038.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

The Lamarches began on 10th September, picking over six days and realising better yields than in 2014. This year Nicole Lamarche has been able to make exactly the wines which she wants to make, avoiding deep extraction while using around 30 percent whole bunches. Do not expect dark colours and overt concentration, but if your taste is for elegant, floral, eventually ethereal wines then this is the place to be.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Alcohol % 13.5
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Property Domaine Lamarche

Critics reviews

William Kelley 93/100
Offering up a rich but reticent bouquet of cassis, currant leaf and plums, the 2015 La Grande Rue Grand Cru performed a touch better than it did six months ago. While this full-bodied wine is somewhat firm and inscrutable, it does seem to possess some depth and substance.William Kelley - 31/10/2018
William Kelley, RobertParker.com (Oct 2018)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Domaine Nicole Lamarche

The division of vineyards with Nicole's cousin Natalie is now complete, and Nicole now has under seven hectares, down from 11 hectares. The Malconsorts and Grands Echezeaux have gone but the monopole of La Grande Rue remains. Nicole Lamarche took over from her father, François, in 2006; from ’19, the domaine now carries her name. Nicole’s style is one of a light touch; the wines aren’t deeply coloured and are sensually soft yet show wonderful intensity. In the vineyard Under her aegis, the vineyards have been converted to organic and biodynamic production, although certification isn’t sought. The vines are now trained higher, and leaf cover is retained. In the cellar, the barrel regime has been changed, both in the lower proportion of new oak used each year, and in the coopers that supply the barrels In the winery When asked for details of the winemaking process, Nicole remains steadfastly enigmatic: there’s no formula and every cuvée receives a customised élevage. However, there’s always a proportion of whole bunch on the top wines, usually around 30%.

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